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A man and a woman with foreign backgrounds have been detained in Finland on suspicion of financing terrorism and recruiting people for terror attacks on another country, police said on Saturday.

"There is a reason to believe these actions are related to such an organisation which is suspected of terrorism actions," Detective Inspector Kaj Bjorkqvist from the National Bureau of Investigation said.

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Finnish newspapers said the two had Somali backgrounds but Bjorkqvist declined to comment on their nationality or name any organisations or countries the investigation was linked to.